SOCIAL: I just donated $50 to the No on 8 campaign

[Manish Champsee]

This is sad, but shows what we are up against:

http://www.sacbee.com/391/story/1308945.html

Pam and Rick Patterson have always followed teachings of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and tried to live within their means.

He drives a 10-year-old Honda Civic to his job at Intel. She is a stay-at
home mom who makes most of the family meals and bakes her own bread. The
couple, who have five sons between the ages of 3 and 12, live in a
comfortable but modest three-bedroom home in Folsom.

It's a traditional lifestyle they believe is now at risk. That's why the
Pattersons recently made a huge financial sacrifice – they withdrew *$50,000
* from their savings and donated it to the Yes on Proposition 8 campaign,
the ballot measure that seeks to ban same-sex marriage.


On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Dave Snyder <dave at livablecity.org> wrote:

> by using this link:
> http://www.eqcapac.org/
>
> I don't even think marriage as a legal institution should exist at all, but
> the fundamentalist patriarchy is freaking me out.
>
> I took action after reading this email:
>
> Dear David,
>
> The latest tracking polls show that *if the election were held today among
> voters who have seen both our ads* and the other side's ads that *we would
> WIN!*
>
> Unfortunately, we don't have sufficient funds to get our ads seen by all
> the voters who've seen the other side's ads.  So it's that simple…*without
> more funds we'll lose*<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=etINI8PUJiKSIhI&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>
> .
>
> But we will win if we have enough money to reach voters. So*DONATE NOW!*<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=hmKTJhM6IlJZJrL&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>
>
> A powerful array of motivated groups have organized against
> us. Yesterday's *Sacramento Bee* reported that:
>
> "Mormons…have emerged as the leading financial contributors to the
> controversial Nov. 4 ballot measure. Church members have donated about 40
> percent of the $22.8 million raised to pass the initiative since July."
>
> What is also unfortunate is that only 30,000 people have donated to the No
> on 8 campaign compared to the 60,000 who have donated to the other side.
>
> In a state with about two million LGBT people, in a country with millions
> more and tens of millions of straight allies, we have to get everyone to
> support this fight. If every LGBT person donates we can win!
>
> Yesterday's *Sacramento Bee* also reported on the sacrifices being made by
> members of the Yes on 8 campaign:
>
> "That's why Auburn resident David Nielson, 55, is giving…He and his wife,
> Susan, live on a budget. The couple donated $35,000, he said, "because some
> things are worth fighting for."  The couple will forgo a vacation for the
> next two years and make other sacrifices to pay for their donation, he
> said."
>
> So, what is your equality worth to you? What is your equality worth to your
> friends and family? How much will you sacrifice for your own freedom?
>
> We are running out of time.  We need your support now.  We need the support
> of your friends and family now.  *DONATE NOW!*<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=apIFKWNEKeIML7K&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>
> *FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS!*<http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=diJLK5OQIhLTJhJ&s=hwKVJhM6JlK2JkNULqF&m=jtIUI6OMJmJ7F>
>
> In solidarity,
>
> *
> Geoff Kors
> *Executive Director
> Equality California
>
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